I just read this in a novel : "One thing she'd grown to love about London were the parks." 'One thing ... were' sounds completely wrong to me, but 'was' doesn't sound quite right either. Isn't the basic

"Cairon" quoted: There have been so many films made, with excellent soundtracks, but (some of this music has) never been commercially available. And asked: I wonder if the marked fragment is correct. Yes, it's correct. Of course not:

There have been so many films made, with excellent soundtracks, but (some of this music has) never been commercially available. I wonder if the marked fragment is correct. Of course not: no music has been mentioned, so "this music" is

Does "The only countries I've been to are the United ... been to are the United States and Canada" does not? Well, we can carry this on a little further. "Canada is the only one of the only countries I've been to that

... 4) .. man is the king of the universe. Man is king of the universe. Or... The man is king of the universe. The two sentences have very different ... of humanity. The second implies that one person, out of all of humanity, holds the title

On 27 Oct 2003, Skitt wrote There are differences in meaning, though. "Numerous" means "a large ... "numerous" is *not* almost invariably better than "a number of". That's why I included the

I never knew anybody said "the like of you" in the singular to me, "the likes of you" is ... I hear it as "loikes." But the singular does exist: "the likes of you" 22,000 "the like of you" 1,160

Thanks. Does it mean that all uncountable nouns must be followed by a singular verb without exception? Yes. Another name for "noncountable nouns" is "mass nouns" (water, grass, luggage, money, happiness, hair, etc.) I'm

Thanks. Does it mean that all uncountable nouns must be followed by a singular verb without exception? Yes. Another name for "noncountable nouns" is "mass nouns" (water, grass, luggage, money, happiness, hair, etc.) I'm

Do I say 1)Most luggage look heavy or 2)Most luggage looks heavy. Looks. Thanks. Does it mean that all uncountable nouns must be followed by a singular verb without exception? Jeff